paleopathology
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right|thumb|255px|Fractured Allosaurus scapula Paleopathology, also spelled palaeopathology, is the study of ancient diseases and injuries in organisms through the examination of fossils, mummified tissue, skeletal remains, and analysis of coprolites. Specific sources in the study of ancient human diseases may include early documents, illustrations from early books, painting and sculpture from the past. All these objects provide information on the evolution of diseases as well as how past civilizations treated conditions. Studies have historically focused on humans, although there is no eviden
Research
2,915 papers- Paleopathology and evolution of tuberculosis editorial.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2023
- Paleopathology.JAMA · 1982
- The paleopathology and paleoepidemiology of Upper paleolithic tuberculosis: Review of evidence and hypotheses.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2023
- A century of paleopathology.American journal of physical anthropology · 2018
- Linking isotope analysis and paleopathology: An andean perspective.International journal of paleopathology · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Methods and techniques
- Trauma analysis in paleopathology
- Skeletal trauma
- Violence
- Archaeological infectious diseases
- Black Death
- Tuberculosis
- Syphilis
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
right|thumb|255px|Fractured Allosaurus scapula Paleopathology, also spelled palaeopathology, is the study of ancient diseases and injuries in organisms through the examination of fossils, mummified tissue, skeletal remains, and analysis of coprolites. Specific sources in the study of ancient human diseases may include early documents, illustrations from early books, painting and sculpture from the past. All these objects provide information on the evolution of diseases as well as how past civilizations treated conditions. Studies have historically focused on humans, although there is no evidence that humans are more prone to pathologies than any other animal.
The word paleopathology is derived from the Ancient Greek roots of palaios meaning "old", pathos () meaning "experience" or "suffering", and -logia (), "study".
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